Crib attachment for beds.



PATBNTED JAN. 23, 1906.

W. R. CLARK. CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 25, 1905.

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CRIB ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1906.

Application filed August 24, 1905. Serial No. 275,560.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. CLARK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Ross and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Crib Attachments forBeds, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to crib attachments for beds; and itconsists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts, ashereinafter shown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide a crib attachment which isadapted to be secured or attached to the side rail of a bedstead andwhich may be readily detached therefrom and collapsed or folded, so asto take up but little room or space. f;;,The invention consistsprimarily of a pair of arms provided with clamps, which are adapted toreceive the side rail of the bedstead. Said arms are made insections,which are hinged together. Upon the outer ends of said arms arepivotally attached posts or uprights, which are composed of telescopingsections, and connecting said uprights are hori zontal rails, which arealso composed of telescoping sections. The said arms are connectedtogether by canvas or other strips made of flexible material, and uponthe'said strips the mattress or a pillow is adapted to be placed.Guy-chains are attached at their'u'pper ends to the said uprights and attheir lower ends to said arms.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the cribattachment. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the outer portion ofthe crib attachment.

The crib attachment consists of the arms 1 1. The said arms are eachmade in two sections, Which are hinged together, as at 2. The inner endsof the inner sections of the said arms are provided with the angularextensions 3, and upon the under sides of the said sections are locatedthe sliding blocks 4, which are held in place by the bolt and nut 5. Thesaid extensions 3, blocks 4, and bolts and nuts 5 constitute clampswhich are adapted to receive and grip the side rail of a bedstead in amanner as indicated in Fig. 1.

The uprights 6 are pivoted to the outer ends of the outer sections ofthe arms 1. Said uprights are made of sections which are adapted totelescope or slide each within the next lowest section, so that whencollapsed all are in the lower sections. The upper ends of theguy-chains 7 are attached to the upper sections of the uprights 6, andthe lower ends of the said chains are attached at or near the inner endsof the inner sections of the arms 1. The flexible strips of canvas orother suitable material are attached at their ends to the arms 1 1. Thesaid strips are adapted to support a mattress or pillow, upon which aninfant may rest. The horizontal rails 9 9 connect the uprights 6 6together. The said rails 9 9 are also made in sections, the middle ones,10, of which are of the greatest diameter and the remainingsections,those which extend out on each side of the sections 10,gradually decrease in diameter and are adapted to telescope or slideWithin each other, and all finally slip within the middle sections 10.The parts of the crib attachment when in use and applied to a bedsteadare in the positions as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. When not inuseand folded up, the inner sections of the arms 1 are swung up on thehinges 2 and laid over on the outer sections of the said arms. The armsthus folded are then turned under the rails 9 9. The sections of theuprights 6 6 are then telescoped or slipped within each other and thesections of the rails '9 9 are telescoped or slipped within each other.Thus the rigid parts of the attachment are collapsed. The strips 8and'the chains 7 may then be wound in any suitable manner about thefolded parts.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A crib attachment for beds consisting of arms provided with clampsadapted to grip the frame of the bed, collapsible uprights located uponsaid arms, collapsible rails connecting said uprights and flexiblestrips connecting said arms together.

2. A crib attachment for beds consisting of arms provided with clampsadapted to grip the frame of the bed, collapsible uprights pivoted uponsaid arms, collapsible rails connecting said uprights and flexiblestrips connecting said arms together.

3. A crib attachment for beds consisting of arms composed of sectionshinged together and provided with clamps adapted to grip the frame ofthe bed, collapsible uprights located upon said arms, collapsible railscon- I rails adapted to telescope into the middle sec- 10 necting saiduprights and flexible strips contions thereof, and flexible stripsconnecting necting said arms together. said arms together.

4. A crib attachment for beds consisting of In testimony whereof I affixmy signature arms provided With clamps adapted to grip in presence oftWo Witnesses.

the frame of the bedstead, collapsible up- WILLIAM R. CLARK. rightslocated upon said arms, collapsible Witnesses: rails comprised oftelescoping sections con- ENOOH SAYRE,

necting said uprights, the end sections of said SIMON W. SMITH.

